1938-07-29 — Page 14

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 29, 1938.

REVOLUTIONARY

Pago

CHANGES IN THE ARMY Two Thousand Promotions Of Officers On Monday

Promotion By Time RANGOON RIOTS FLEEING

Instead Of Vacancy

London, To-day.

New conditions of service for combatant Army Officers, announced by Mr. Hore Belisha, the Secretary for State of War, in the House of Commons, contain revolutionary proposals. Future promotion is to be by time instead of by

vacancy.

London, To-day. FLIERS CAUGHT

Berlin, To-day.

The Continuation yesterday of the serious clashes between Bud- hist Monks and the Mohammed- ans at Rangoon is reported in des- According to a report received by patches here which state that three "Angriff" from Moscow yesterday persons were killed and a large evening, two Soviet-airmen, who number injured.

had received order, to make a sur-

been called out to keep order and pus, some 100 kilometres from the The Yorkshire Regiment has very of the region near Lake Pei- machineguns has been placed in Estonian frontier, attempted to de- position in the streets. Traffic is sert.a reported be almost completely at

The tanks of the plane before

a standstill. Trans-Ocean.

who had secretly

filled the start, passed their destination and continued towards the Estho

An air patrol stationed at Lake service in the rank of Major, if not airmen's intention and ordered six

fighting planes to pursue.

Complete democratisation of the Cadet Colleges of nine years, so that

Sandhurst and Woolwich is provided by the entering at the normal age would

every officer nian border. grant of 100 per cent. scholarships to success-be sure of approximately ten years Peipus, however, learned of the ful candidates whose parents' means make the previously promoted. Beyond remission of fees necessary.

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The system of half-pay will be tired-pay of £407 sterling annually, abolished and the maximum rates whereas an officer of the same age of retired pay will be attained at a and similar service, might have to younger age.

retire as a Captain with £271.sterl- In future, a Regimental Majoring, under the present regulations. will be able to earn the maximum The measures apply to all com- retired-pay at the age of-56, if he batant corps of the Army and come has 23 years of service.

into operation on August 1.. Promotion to Captain will be after 8 years' service; and to Major after 17 years' service. Promotion to the higher ranks will be by

selection.

The new measures are to be issued in detail to the Army during the first week in August.

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The

years.

RETIRING AGE

&

the

the survey plane and compelled it The fast fighting planes overtook

to land at the Welikolutzk drome. The two airmen were then arrested.

aero-

rank of Major, promotion would be by selection to fill particular appoint ments.

NEW SYSTEM

Second-Lieutenants will receive an immediate increase of pay by Wolkow, attempted to commit sui One of them, a major named a shilling per day and Lieutenants cide before his arrest. The airmen by 18. 2d. per day.

Retired pay, in future, would be were tried by a court martial which suffength of total service up to the ed desertion.---Trans-Ocean,

based on a combination of age and sentenced them to death for attempt

thereafter would be at fixed rates Chan Fuk, aged 84, was yester rank of Colonel inclusive, and for each rank. This was in sub-day sent to the Kowloon Hospital stitution for the present system of in a serious condition after being combination of rank and service knocked down by a taxi In Nathan which in each individual case had Road. made retired pay - dependent in a great degree upon hazard.

No Officer won full pay will fer compulsory retirement result of these reforms and the re duction of the tenures of command and staff appointments from four years to three years will on no occa- sion cause the displacement of any officer without one year's warning-

2,000 PROMOTIONS

*

of Indian officers, on

sequential adj In general, the measures, includ- rates of pay iss ing the new time scale of promo- Indian (Establishment i would be tion and incremental stages, will decided shortly

to

A SPECIALISED SERVICE

tenure of command and

Mr. Hore Belisha concluded: staff appointments generally will be reduced from four years to three "Perhaps the immediate effect of the apply as from the ruling date

Monday's promotion involve the proposals can best be illustrated by officers of the British Army on largest "Gazette" in the history the statement that over 2,000 officers Indían establishment and the con- the Army-British Wireless. The retiring age of Generals and Lt.-Generals will be lowered from will be promoted with effect from In one day, over a quar- 67 to 60 years; of Major-Generals August 1. from 62 to 57 years; Colonels from iter of the subalterns and captains 57 years to 55 years; Lt.-Colonels of combatant corps of the Army from 55 to 50 and Majors from 50 will be promoted." g

Replying to a question, the Se- The effect of this will be to con-cretary of War said that the cost siderably accelerate promotion and of the measures was estimated at thereby give increased pay at a £367,000 annually, increasing to lower age.

£600,000, probably over a period of 20 to 25 years, with a decrease thereafter as the number of officers was adjusted.

to 47 years of age. -

SUBALTERNS' INCREASE

IN PAY

The proposals, it was also an- Subalterns are to receive from anounced, are being examined from shilling to 1s. 2d. daily substantive the Territorial Army point of increase in pay. Some 100 scholar-view, to see whether any advantage ships of £20 sterling annually will may be gained for the Territorials. be distributed annually among Reuter. Subalterns of first commission needing them.

It can thus be claimed that the Army as a career, throughout all stages, will be possible for an Officer without the benefit of pri- vate means.

After the rank of Colonel, the retired-pay, henceforth, will be at

RANKER COMMISSIONS

Mr. Hore Belisha said that the changes have been made to ma an Army career as secure and tractive as possible. Mr. Hore Be lisha also said that a new system of direct commissioning from the fixed rates for each rank. These ranks would be introduced, in place reforma will enable the ma

maximum rate of retired-pay for each rank of the present, system of passing to be generally earned before the candidates from this source through retiring age and nothing lost from Woolwich and Sandhurat. periods of unemployment, which in future will be at full pay instead of half-pay."

Another feature of the proposals concerned guaranteed continuity of service in the Army, subject to efficiency. The method of promotion by vacancy up to the rank of Ma jor would be abolished, and every Mr. Hore Relisha cited as an ex- subaltern would become a Captain ample: A ajor, 46 years of age, in eight years, and every Captain with 23 years of service gets re- would become a Major in a furthet

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